§ 4208. Limitations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1981

   Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

   Pub. L. 97–98 title XV § 1547 · 95 Stat. 1213

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4208

   Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1547, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1547, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1547. statement of limitation (a) This subtitle does not authorize the Federal Government in any way to regulate the use of private or non-Federal land, or in any way affect the property rights of owners of such land. (b) None of the provisions or other requirements of this subtitle shall apply to the acquisition or use of farmland for national defense purposes.

2. 1990

   Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XXV § 2502 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 4208(b)

   Pub. L. 101–624 inserted before period at end “during a national emergency”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–624 inserted before period at end “during a national emergency”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2502. NARROWING THE DEFENSE EXCEPTION TO THE FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT. Section 1547(b) of the Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4208) is amended by inserting “during a national emergency” after “purposes”.

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